Best Cooking Tools of 2012

From advances in food safety to bartending gear, these new tools impressed GHRI's Kitchen Appliances Lab this year.

Eggs-tra Good Waffles

If you're already passionate about waffles, you'll really flip for the Nordic Ware Egg Waffle Pan ($50, nordicware.com). A stovetop unit with two interlocking sides, it takes its name from its shape, which resembles a field of little golden eggs, each of which can be snapped off of the waffle and enjoyed individually. Inside each little egg's crisp exterior is a warm, chewy bite of waffle.

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